Collocations for "terminal"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "terminal" in context.
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terminal
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- at the [bus, railway, ferry] terminal
- the [bus, plane] is leaving from terminal [one]
- the [bus] will arrive at terminal [one]
- the [bus station, airport] has [three] terminals
- take a [train, shuttle, monorail] to terminal [three]
- the [domestic, international] terminal
- the gate was all the way at the end of the terminal
- what terminal are you leaving from?
- take me to terminal [four]
- it takes (about) [twenty minutes] to get to terminal [four] (from)
- opened a new terminal (at)
- are building a [new, fourth] terminal
- [shops, restaurants, duty-free] inside the terminal
- at the computer terminal
- at an access terminal
- [connect, hook up] the terminal to (the mainframe)
- the [plant's, factory's, building's] main terminal
- the battery's [positive, negative] terminal
- has a terminal [illness, disease, condition]
- diagnosed with a terminal [illness]
- the terminal [stage, phase, period] (of)
- [has, suffers from] terminal [cancer]
- his cancer is terminal
- the [patient, project] is entering the terminal phase
- a [ward, hospice, center] for terminal patients
- the terminal date for [bids, the project, the takeover]
- in her terminal years
- the [business, economy, industry, team] is in terminal decline
- the terminal [tip, end, part, portion] (of)
- a terminal [domain, region, area] (of)
- terminal [branches, flowers, buds]
- terminal [services, staff, stores, gates]
- is [situated, located] in the terminal building
'terminal' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):